Tire Problems of Dodge RAM

1996 Dodge Ram left rear tire came off of vehicle while driving.

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All four tires developed flat spots which caused the vehicle to become unstable, and increased the risk of a crash. Manufacturer was notified by consumer.

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Complaint received via e-mail. ") I exchanged the 4th tire off my pickup. It is a goodyear lt235/80r17 with many side wall open wide, cracks. It was done at west tire, 4000 hwy 281 north,, marble falls ,tx78654 phone 830/693-0475,,fax 830/693-0602. It would be nice if you would impound that casing for your examination and fact finding. There was no accident or hard hitting a curb involved , it just appeared the tire had 10. /32nds rubber left of 15/32nds and was discovered at an oil change, surely these many failures are worth examining. ".

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A loud knocking noise was heard coming from the front driver's side. Driver's side wheel fell off. Consumer had the vehicle towed to dealer for inspection, and mechanic determined that wheel and tire needed to be replaced.

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While inspecting the tires consumer noticed that they dry rotted and separated at the base where the tread was connected . Dealership inspected the tires, and acknowledged the failure. But did not provide the cause of the failure, instead offered consumer 50% off a new set of tires.

Consumer was informed that all 4 tires were split/cracked all the way around the center in the exact same spot. Consumer then took the vehicle to the dealer who advised the tires were defective, consumer requested a refund for the replacement tires.

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On 14jun02 I replaced the original equipment tires with new ones. At that time I was informed that there was something wrong with my van. I was shown where the original equipment rotor ,on the left front tire, was too large a diameter for the wheels. The tire had to be forced off and on. Since I had the tires rotated both wheels were now warped. In forcing the t he wheels onto the rotor, the lugs appeared to be damaged. They also told me that an inordinate amount of weights had to be used to try to balance the wheels. I believe that this can be a problem and since this is all original equipment, I believe Dodge should take responsibility. I contacted Dodge and was told that this was my problem. I don't know what other defects may be associated with this defect. Thanks for all the help you can provide.

Tire shreded at highway speed. Distroyed wheel and nearly lost control. (dot number: 377 tiresize: p265/75r16).

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Dealer and manufacturer will not cooperate, nor fix any problems! no safety defect listed. (dot number: m32k tiresize: p245/75r16).

Two front tires were completely bald, wore out excessively. Have very little mileage. Rear tires have hardly any tread left. Original equipment. Michelin ltx as p245/75r16. A service manager from a tire store stated that the tires on this truck were not designed to go on a truck, but for a car, consumer replaced all four tires.

While driving about 70 mph transmission will shift to second gear, and rear tires will lock up without prior warning.

Consumer was traveling 55-60mph when rear driver's tire popped off the rim. Consumer swerved across 3-4 lanes and managed to get to shoulder of road. There was no blow out, it deflated. Tires are aftermarket, no more than 2 weeks old. Consumer was driving a199, Dodge, Ram van. Tire size is p235/75r1, dot# & VIN # will be added. Tire was a firestone steeltex r4s, consumer states that dealer discovered a hole that had penetrated through the entire tread.

Front right tire separated at 65mph almost causing a major accident and possible death. Dealer was notified at 2,410 mileage about front end vibration/shimmy. No cause found. Vibration in front end reported numerous times to dealer without problem being found since it continued. Was told "normal ride" for truck. Truck experienced numerous problems with front end suspension, rattles in dash from vibration, steering column excessive play etc, etc, etc. Remaining tires show signs of bluging and cracking. Tire was defective from begining in my opinion and put me at risk! dealer rebalanced/rotated tires many times and simply concluded the vibration/shimmy was normal for truck and stated I might have a better ride when loaded. (dot number: load e tiresize: lt24575r16).

Original equipment tires at 16,000. Severe blowout, multiple splits and chunks of rubber missing in 4" area of outer side wall. (tiresize: 75r16 p245)( dot number: tire size: 75r16 p245 ).

Tire size is lt265/75r-16/c. The tire failed while returning from omaha with my wife and 8 month old son. I have digital pictures of the tire and truck that can be sent over e-mail. I have contacted pirelli and they want me to send the tire along with estimates to fix the truck. I spoke with nadine calderwood at 1-800-243-5105 ext 387. She did not seem to care if anyone was injured or not and seemed to be exactly like her title a risk manager. The tires have aprox 20,000 miles on them. I was driving 75 mph and the truck had a slight vibration I checked tire pressure when we stopped and visually inspected the tires. After we filled with gas the vibration was no longer there. After our second stop the vibration returned and then the tread separated with a violent crash destroying the entire side of the truck and causing the truck to almost loose control and shake violently. I understand that a large tire CO like pirelli has to watch out for their best interest however they should put the customers well being at the top. I would appreciate any information you have about other pirelli tire separations that have been filed. Thank you. (dot number: chw8gp4419 tiresize: 265 75r16c).

This was brought to my attention by another owner of the same vehicle. I was advised that my front tires were bald. I checked them and found they were ok. I had already replaced two of them in less than two years. Turns out the person advising me had also done so and there was still another person (we all belong to the same church and drive the same vehicle) experiencing the same problem. The front tires are wearing excessively and the dealership is aware of the situation but has elected to do nothing about it. The wrong tires are being sold with this vehicle. I was told they finally got the dealership to agree to the fact that they were the wrong tires and they replaced them with truck tires because the van is on a truck chasis. I'm on my second set and have fewer than 25,000 miles on my van! (tiresize: p235/75r15).

Our front drivers side tire is wearing uneven and making a thumping noise. ( dot number: vd tire size: p265/75r16 ).

Tire exploded, loosing its tread that damaged sheet metal & undercarriage of pu. Speed was 65 mph, tire pressure 75#. Explosion tore out fuel filler hose & damaged fuel sender. Sheet metal and wheel shroud damage. ( dot number: tire size: 145/75r16 ).

The tires worn really bad, tires manufactured by michelin, consumer requests reimbursement.

I am the owner of a 96 Dodge Ram 1500 ext. Cab truck. I purchased the truck with 33000 mile from vancouver Dodge in vancouver, washington on Jan 17, 1998. At the time of purchase the vehicle was equipped with firestone firehawk atx tires size 30 x 9. 50 r15. ( dot number: tire size: 30x9. 50r15 ).

Tread seperated from casing, caused extensive damage to truck( dot number: b72k511x50 tire size: 245/75-16 ).

Unable to inflate air in rear inner dualer tire, outer dauler tire must be removed first, before air can be put into tire. Dealer / manufacturer were notified, and unwilling to assist in this matter. Provide any further details on this matter.

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Invicta gl tires were on my Dodge Ram conversion van when I purchased it new. The tires were worn to 4/32 in at 8050 miles. When I took the van to goodyear they stated that they were passenger car tires and that they do not belong on a vehicle of the Rams size and weight. All the vans on the sales lot were equipped with the invictas. A cheap ,soft and unsafe tire for conversion vans as stated by marty hayes, goodyear manager. 716-873 1400 e( dot number: tire size: 235/75r15 ).

Tires (goodyear wrangler rts p265/75r16) are not sufficient for vehicle, several flat tires while traveling over gravel/stone. Mjs.

While returning from taking children to school, left rear tire came off, causing driver to lose control.

There are no snow tires for weight of vehicle. Please give any further details.

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I installed tire chains on my vehicle as permitted in the owners manual. A link on the chain broke because it was rubbing against the leaf springs of the vehicle. The space between the inside of the tire and the outside edge of the leaf springs is approximately 1 inch. This is insufficient to safely run chains on the vehicle. When the chains failed - if they had wrapped around the axle it very likely could have caused the vehicle to become uncontrollable. The manufacturer has referred me to the selling dealer. The selling dealer said they cannot get any guidance from the manufacturer. The selling dealer offered that I use cable chains instead. I bought a set of these and they, too, don't fit without rubbing the leaf springs. The dealer also said that they would honor the warranty if I purchased wheels with more offset (move the centerline of the wheel outboard of the vehicle) but they cannot offer a recommendation from Dodge for an amount of offset. Followups to Dodge have proven fruitless. I am running factory original tires and chains that are sized to fit those tires.

Consumer after being informed about tire recall 01v28900o had taken vehicle to dealer. Manager insisted vehicle was not within recall notice. However, service manager at michelin stated that all the d rated tires on consumer's Dodge, Ram were low rated, and could only hold a certain weight age that did not match vehicle compliance expectation.

We currently have 16,637 mile on our 1999 Dodge Ram van. In recent weeks we notice that the front and rear tires were worn down to the radial bar. In addition, there are several air bumps forming on all four tires. Withe recent firestone and Ford problems, I took the van to merchants tire and auto where I normally do business. They informed me that the tires were shot, are a saftey concern and should be replaced. I then took the van to tire warehouse to get a second opion on the tires. Again, I was told that the tires were in very bad condition and should be replaced as soon as possible. I called the goodyear 800 number to request my rights and in what direction I should go, but I was only given the run-around and switched brom operator to operator. My concern with this tire is that on the side of the tire it states that it has a max weight of 2,293 pounds. Given that the van is a half ton, and has added after market conversion package, it is possible that the weight exceeds the limit. I asked Dodge about this concern, since they sell the conversion van, and I was told that it is possible that the tires do not meet the current weight of the total van package. My question is, are there other reported incedents with this tire and vans, or with this tire in genereal. Also, do I have a legal recourse against either Dodge or goodyear to pursue in order to get my tires replaced before an accident . I use the van as my primary source of transportation and I transport my teenage kids and sometimes their friends, on a daily basis. Thank you for any cooperation in this matter. (dot number: 265928 tiresize: p235/75r15).

I carry a heavy camper, although in spec for the tires, about 25% of the time. Two tires failed by tread separation at about 13000 miles, no more than 5000 miles loaded. I paid for replacements. There was lots of tread left. Two more had failed by about 25000 miles, with about 5000 miles of loaded operation. These miles were at greatly reduced speed because of fear of failure. Again I replaced the tires, they were not given to me. Goodyear says the truck is at fault, Dodge says the tires are bad. No one laughed out loud. In all cases the tires had lots of tread left and the failure was delamination around the tread area. The tires did not lose air and therefore no accident vehicle damage resulted. I went thru the customer arbitration board at Dodge, claiming they selected inappropriate tires, to no avail. A concensus of tire people was that the engine had too much torque for the tires even though no overloaded. I became concerned that, since no assurances were given that the problem would not recur, the next failure might produce a accident. I threw away 4 virtually new tires and replaced them with cooper tires at my own expense. Good tire wear and no problems have been encountered with the cooper tires in almost 20000 miles. I would be happy to provide more information if requested. (tiresize: lt24575r16)( dot number: tire size: lt24575r16 ).

Door jamb sticker call for 41lbs air in tires, tire calls for 35lbs max. Which is correct.

Truck manufactured with tire size standard lt225/75r16, but sold with sport pkg. Tires p265/75r16. Braking system undersized for tire size. Impossible to stop truck safely. Larger brakes need to be installed. Smaller tires will make truck look disproport.

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I got 26000 miles out of this tire, I think my van is to heavy for this type of tire.

When going around curbs or corners, vehicle would slide or slip. Taken vehicle to tire retailer, and was informed tires were 75% shot and going bald. Had no edges to tires. Cords and steel belts were not showing. All tires needed to be replaced. Goodyear, invectus gl, p235/75r16 with 21,288 miles.